- Port of Eilat
The Port of
Eilat is the onlyIsraeli port on theRed Sea , located at the northern tip of theGulf of Aqaba . It has significant economic and strategic importance. The Port of Eilat was opened in1957 and is today mainly used for trading with Far East countries as it allows Israeli shipping to reach theIndian Ocean without having to sail through theSuez Canal .Egypt ian naval blockades of theStraits of Tiran which control access to Eilat featured prominently in the events which led to two major Arab-Israeli Wars: The Sinai War and theSix-Day War .The ship traffic in the
port is comparatively low and there are several reasons cited for this: one is due to Eilat being situated at a considerable distance from the center of the country (where most of the population is located), another is the fact that the port is yet to be served by a railway line (the nearestrailhead is hundreds of kilometers to the north). Also, coastal tourism uses compete with any prospects of expanding the port's facilities (unless the port were to be entirely relocated from its present location to an excavated area in the desert north of the city). [cite news | title=The Man who would Remodel Eilat | publisher=Haaretz | date=2006-04-23 | url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=708076 | accessdate=2007-01-01]ee also
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Eilat
*Eilat (destroyer)
*Eilot (kibbutz)
*Eilat Airport
*Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company
*Eilat International Film Festival
*Eilat bakery bombing
*Ezion-Geber
*Ink Flag (Israel)
*Kings City
*Operation Ovda
*Ovda International Airport
*Taba Border Crossing
*Yotvata Airfield External links
* [http://www.israports.org.il/ports/eilat.asp Official site]
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